Lidoderm is the brand name for 5% lidocaine patches, and they are by prescription only.

My integrative medicine doc wrote me script and my pharmacy filled it with the generic version produced by Teikoku Seiyaku, Inc.

Interestingly, everything I read about the patches is that they're only approved by the FDA for treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia (shingles pain). No mention of neuropathy, but still, people on here seem to get them as did I. I don't fully understand how this works with doctors and insurance, but I won't argue.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/730671_5

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